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Tuesday 24 October 2017

Ahab to his companion

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IMGP6443-stavrosstam | by stavrosstam

IMGP6443-stavrossstam: photo by Stavros Stamatiou, 15 October 2014

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Untitled [Barcelona]: photo by Dimitris Makrygiannakis, 20 September 2016

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Untitled [Barcelona]: photo by Dimitris Makrygiannakis, 20 September 2016

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Untitled [Barcelona]: photo by Dimitris Makrygiannakis, 20 September 2016

Somewhere Near Rock Point | by GC_Dean

Somewhere Near Rock Point [Navaho Reservation, Arizona]: photo by Dean Terasaki, 14 October 2017

Somewhere Near Rock Point | by GC_Dean

Somewhere Near Rock Point [Navaho Reservation, Arizona]: photo by Dean Terasaki, 14 October 2017

Somewhere Near Rock Point | by GC_Dean

Somewhere Near Rock Point [Navaho Reservation, Arizona]: photo by Dean Terasaki, 14 October 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 20 September 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 20 September 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 20 September 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 16 October 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 16 October 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 16 October 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 16 October 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 16 October 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 16 October 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 24 September 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 24 September 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 24 September 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 15 October 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 15 October 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 15 October 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 14 October 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 14 May 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 14 May 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 14 May 2017

vega R, 2017 | by aliioss00

Vega R, 2017 [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 13 October 2017

vega R, 2017 | by aliioss00

Vega R, 2017 [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 13 October 2017

vega R, 2017 | by aliioss00

Vega R, 2017 [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 13 October 2017

Pandaan, 2017 | by aliioss00

Pandaan, 2017 [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 14 May 2017

Pandaan, 2017 | by aliioss00

Pandaan, 2017 [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 14 May 2017

Pandaan, 2017 | by aliioss00

Pandaan, 2017 [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 14 May 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 24 May 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 24 May 2017

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Untitled [Indonesia]: photo by aliioss 00, 24 May 2017

Bike Down | by Jeff Williams 03

Bike Down [Hanoi]: photo by Jeff Williams 03, 25 September 2017

Bike Down | by Jeff Williams 03

Bike Down [Hanoi]: photo by Jeff Williams 03, 25 September 2017

Bike Down | by Jeff Williams 03

Bike Down [Hanoi]: photo by Jeff Williams 03, 25 September 2017

august-2015-steht-der | by abschied

august-2015-steht-der. Press Photo (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung): image by Paolo Viviani, 5 September 2016

august-2015-steht-der | by abschied
  
august-2015-steht-der. Press Photo (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung): image by Paolo Viviani, 5 September 2016

august-2015-steht-der | by abschied 
august-2015-steht-der. Press Photo (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung): image by Paolo Viviani, 5 September 2016

William S. Burroughs: Dead Whistle Stop Already End (A Poem)


    Ahab to his companion      falling over there in any         out from the dawn
      skin              staring          stirring unbelief                               he strode towards a long
drink and looked into the            the actors ourselves become
      muzzle of Spain and 42 St.                    old banner illustrating
I was standing by the wax           before                       dead whistle stop already
cross the red moon                       terminal time scarred                     end.
        scanning patterns           on my face                 me in your back, pal”
dawn words falling      will say it all         consists in irradiating
this dead whistle stop                 in the language before creation
         he strode towards           the actors in the      city                 “Here he is now”
       obsidian morning      sniffing quivering need              masturbating afternoons
spitting blood               dead rainbow flesh          he moved as sharp as
    on the iron streets            fish smell and    dead eyes         water reeds
    scarred metal faces                  running into the mines             liquid typewriter
flickered on field            where flesh circulates                 red fish talk falling
     he strode towards             pant smell                language like muttering
     Spain and 42 st.              running in the gutter             where is he now?
  the actors dead             dawn word falling                  he was caught in the zoo
         whistle stop already              scanning patterns              jissom webs drifting
  slow ferris wheel      running rainbow flesh             over the White Subway

William S. Burroughs (1914-1997): Dead Whistle Stop Already End (A Poem), from Floating Bear 24, Sept.-Oct. 1962

William S. Burroughs: Spain and 42 St. (A Poem)

    Language like muttering    pant smells running    silver scanning
Passed down the Arab Street          in the gutter      patterns
Translucent medium from           its like  i talky you of      a place
        the vacuum of silent panic                    forgotten      red mud flats
  sharp fish syllables             where is he now?    he moved as sharp as       water
  assassins smile and drink           he was caught      reeds
broken into scanning patterns                in the zoo        of legs
        dawn words falling            fish talk the liquid typewriter    spitting blood
     where flesh circulates              he strode toward flesh of    red dusk               laugh
                    purple gills stirring            dead whistle stop        Spain and 42 st.
its like reeds on the face          circulates            up through the dark excuses
    where flesh identity               dawn words falling stirring slow
    gills of purple sleep    he was caught in the zoo    it is no death
 where flesh circulates        unbelief staring out from dawn skin

                    of Spain and 42 St.

William S. Burroughs (1914-1997): Spain and 42nd St. (A Poem), from Floating Bear 24, Sept.-Oct. 1962

William S. Burroughs: Where Flesh Circulates (A Poem)

Its so hard to remember in the world – –   Weren’t you there?        Dead so you
think of ports – – Couldn’t reach flesh – –       Might have to reach flesh from
anybody – – 
           And i will depart      under the Red Masters
           for strange dawn words          of color                      exalting their
           falling on my face   impending attack         satellite in a 
          Gold and perfumes          of light              city red stone
          shadows brick terminal time             wet dream flesh            creakily the
          the last feeble faces             fountains play stale
          spit from crumpled cloth               Weimar youths            on my face
          bodies           where flesh circulates             Masters of color
         exalting their dogs      impending attack of light
         unaware of the vagrant        shadows on the Glass and Metal Streets
         silver flying   scanning patterns    electric dogs
         dark street life   “Here he is now”       staring out
         from the dawn           he strode toward the flesh     jissom webs drifting
         where identity       scarred metal faces      masturbating
         “Who him?” spitting blood laugh on the iron   afternoons
          ejaculates wet dream flesh          in red brick Terminal Time
          red nitrous fumes  under the orange gas flares
         grey metal fall out               on terminal cities
         to the shrinking sky fading color   sewage delta
        caught in this dead whistle stop                     post card sky
        dead rainbow flesh             and copper pagodas                flickered on the
        in a city of red stone       black skin work fish smell and
        dead eyes in doorways red water words             spitting blood laugh
        sharp as water reeds      fish syllables
        stirring this Moroccan sunlight           vagrant noon station
        spent in the mirror          dawn jissom webs       drifting rainbow
        speeded up from afternoon’s       slow ferris wheel          flesh.

William S. Burroughs (1914-1997): Where Flesh Circulates (A Poem), from Floating Bear 24, Sept.-Oct. 1962



Apparently abandoned amusement park on the seawall, Old Town, Havana: photo by Kurt Bauschardt, 24 March 2008 

because this is America


The sparkle and glow of beautiful things in the night.. #ConeyGala #ConeyIsland Brooklyn 2015 #leicaimages: image via Garret Kalleberg @dadalavida, 4 April 2015


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Family hotdog eating contest watch party because this is America. #joeychestnut: image via Elizabeth Lloyd @lloyd_says, 4 July 2014 Point Pleasant, NY


Champion eater Joey Chestnut eats hot dogs as he participates in Nathan's Famous Fourth of July eating contest in Coney Island
: photo by Peter Foley /EPA, 4 July 2014

 

Champion eater Joey Chestnut eats hot dogs as he participates in Nathan's Famous Fourth of July eating contest in Coney Island: photo by Peter Foley /EPA, 4 July 2014

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Watching #Nathanshotdog eating contest at the restaurant: image via René Argüello @Rennyrunner, 2 July 2012


Joey Chestnut competes in the 2012 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Eating Contest at Coney Island in Brooklyn
: photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters, 5 July 2012



Joey Chestnut competes in the 2012 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Eating Contest at Coney Island in Brooklyn: photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters, 5 July 2012

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That #Stonie guy is no joke. Got close to #joeychestnut #NathansFamousHotdogEatingContest
: image via Bets and Broads Bruh @kixstagram, 4 July 2014


New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio watches as Sonya 'The Black Widow' Thomas (left) and challenger Miki Sudo face-off during a weigh-in ceremony
in the women's competition at the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July eating contest in Coney Island
: photo by Don Emmert, 4 July 2014




New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio watches as Sonya 'The Black Widow' Thomas (left) and challenger Miki Sudo face-off during a weigh-in ceremony
in the women's competition at the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July eating contest in Coney Island
: photo by Don Emmert, 4 July 2014

Tag car | by ADMurr
 
Tag car [CA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 22 October 2017

Blue door curve | by ADMurr

Blue door curve [Taos]: photo by Andrew Murr, 14 October 2017

Stucco palm sky | by ADMurr

Stucco palm sky [Hollywood Hills]: photo by Andrew Murr, 19 October 2017

Portra beach | by ADMurr

Portra beach [Santa Barbara County]: photo by Andrew Murr, 22 October 2017

New Orleans empty lot | by ADMurr

New Orleans empty lot: photo by Andrew Murr, 21 October 2017

Mission Road | by ADMurr

Mission Road [LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 20 October 2017

Center City Forever | by david grim

Center City Forever [Philadelphia]: photo by David Grim, 21 August 2017

Center City Forever | by david grim

Center City Forever [Philadelphia]: photo by David Grim, 21 August 2017

Center City Forever | by david grim

Center City Forever [Philadelphia]: photo by David Grim, 21 August 2017

092616 C330 80 Portra 160 5b (1 of 1) | by patrickjoust

092616 C330 80 Portra 160 5b (1 of 1) [Pennsylvania]: photo by Patrick, 20 October 2017

Beware the Back-Door Man Here. | by david grim

Beware The Back-Door Man Here [North Philadelphia]: photo by David Grim, 22 August 2017

Beware the Back-Door Man Here. | by david grim

Beware The Back-Door Man Here [North Philadelphia]: photo by David Grim, 22 August 2017

Beware the Back-Door Man Here. | by david grim

Beware The Back-Door Man Here [North Philadelphia]: photo by David Grim, 22 August 2017

Central California_0333 | by Thomas Willard

Central California _0333: photo by Thomas Willard, 22 October 2017

Central California_0333 | by Thomas Willard

Central California _0333: photo by Thomas Willard, 22 October 2017

Central California_0333 | by Thomas Willard

Central California _0333: photo by Thomas Willard, 22 October 2017

Untitled | by Missy Prince

Coleville, California: photo by Missy Prince, 12 October 2017

Untitled | by Missy Prince

Coleville, California: photo by Missy Prince, 12 October 2017

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Coleville, California: photo by Missy Prince, 12 October 2017

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Untitled: photo by Missy Prince, 12 October 2017

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Untitled: photo by Missy Prince, 12 October 2017

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Untitled: photo by Missy Prince, 18 October 2017

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Nevada: photo by Missy Prince, 3 September 2017

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Rice, California: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2016

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Rice, California: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2016

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Rice, California: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2016

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Rice, California: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2016

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Rice, California: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2016

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Rice, California: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2016

SAD! | by R. Drozda

SAD! Alberta Street, Portland, Oregon. 28 May 2017.: photo by drO zda, 16 October 2017

Listvyanka, Russia, 2015 | by jamiehladky

Listvyanka, Russia, 2015: photo by Jamie Hladky, 5 March 2017

small people | by fer_fdi

small people [Lanzarote]: photo by Fer, 7 October 2017

small people | by fer_fdi

small people [Lanzarote]: photo by Fer, 7 October 2017

small people | by fer_fdi

small people [Lanzarote]: photo by Fer, 7 October 2017

Untitled | by el zopilote

West Mesa, Albuquerque, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, September 2017

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West Mesa, Albuquerque, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, September 2017

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West Mesa, Albuquerque, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, September 2017
 
DSC05347 | by noppadol.maitreechit 
DSC0537 [Chumphon, Thailand]: photo by noppadol maitreechit, 9 October 2017

DSC05347 | by noppadol.maitreechit 

DSC0537 [Chumphon, Thailand]: photo by noppadol maitreechit, 9 October 2017

DSC05347 | by noppadol.maitreechit

DSC0537 [Chumphon, Thailand]: photo by noppadol maitreechit, 9 October 2017